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Originally Posted by Eric
All those lakes! How long a trail is that? What's the best time of the year for a hike like that (temp wise)?
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According to the web site, they covered about 40 miles in 6 days. A fairly leisurely pace -- even at high altitude. The temperatures in mid-June are fine but at those elevations its best to wait until mid-July for the majority of the snowpack to clear.
I'm making plans now for the hike next summer across the Silver Divide. If anyone wants to hike along your welcome. The basic plan is to stay nearby the day before, then head out from the McGee Creek trail early the next morning. It's 20+ mile day hike to the Lodge in Lake Edison. Plan on staying a few days at the lodge to visit with the John Muir Trail hikers and enjoy the area, then hike out again early one morning.
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Originally Posted by Eric
BTW, finally had to give-up on figuring out "Hermitian Operator". Well, except the "Traveler" part of it.
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O.K., you know that addition (or multiplication) does the same thing in both directions. For example 5 + 3 is the same thing as 3 + 5. A Hermitian operator also has this property, but the "things" it is dealing with are not numbers, and what it does is not addition or multiplication. For example, suppose you have a function M that represents the operations of a motor and a function L that represents a mechanical system powered by the motor. There are different operations "o" that could represent the
rate at which the motor interacts with the system. If the rate is the same in both directions; i.e., "M o L" does the same thing as "L o M" then it is Hermitian.